Here are the nightjars

20 thoughts on “Here are the nightjars”

1. Well, hot dang🎉🎊🎉🎊!!

2. How ’bout posting a picture of a nightjar in plain view so we can tell what they actually look like.

   1. You could say “please,” you know. We tend to like politeness around here.

3. I got the first one. The second one… well… I’m still struggling.

   Do nightjars get stepped on a lot?

4. I think it’s safe to say that the nightjars of the world have nothing to fear from me!

5. Even with the circle, I’m not sure I see it. Still could be a rock. But I trust that Matthew won’t steer us awry or betray us with an empty photo. Thanks for the pictures!

6. I am so cocky that I got those right that I’m contemplating updating my resume with “nightjar spotting” as a skill.

   1. Me, too!

   2. Some of us just “have it,” I guess. 😉

      1. But what “skill set” will you put it under?

      2. I wish I could somehow put that as a skill in LinkedIn that people could select. 🙂

         1. Why should you not? I’d endorse you!

            (Nightjar spotting is the sort of thing I do professionally, though in the real world I only ever see them when they fly past my face or headights)

         2. A lot of birders would hire you!

7. I was thrown off by scale. The nightjar in the first photo is much larger than I expected. I saw it immediately, looked carefully, and concluded that it was a rock because it seemed too big relative to the vegetation.

   Still can’t see the second one.

   Pretty amazing, really.

   1. I had the same experience with #1, which caused me to distrust & discard my (correct) apprehension of #2. So I’m saying I got screwed. Sorta.

8. There was an earlier post with the Tweet of the Day which had a picture of it along with a discussion on its call and habits. Or else Wikipedia is your friend.

   I found both but I was totally without confidence that I really had because I’ve thought I had them spotted before and then found out I didn’t.

9. I haz two spotted nightjars.

   The criticism of central position of nightjars was not for naught. Now to remove the remaining sample bias: insertion random empty photos. (Or not, it may be too cruel.)

   1. … insertion _of_ …

10. A computer products company names a power supply after the nightjar

    1. And now I’m trying to figure out why.

       Not a lot of people are familiar with the birds; one of the commenters said the name brings to mind a chamber pot. 😀

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